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Cap for donations waived in recalls No donation limits during pre-election period allows for unlimited funding Matt Huppert State Editor As both parties prepare for efforts to recall the leader of the state, Gov. Scott Walker and his potential opponent stand with the ability to raise an unlimited amount of funds to campaign during

the run-up to the recall season.

With the start of the petitioning process on Nov. 15, the cap on individual contributions to candidates in a gubernatorial campaign will be lifted for 60 days, said Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause in Wisconsin.

Heck said normally gubernatorial candidates cannot receive more than $10,000 during the entire election cycle, or in Walker ’s case, from 2010 to 2014. However, under

state law, the cap is lifted during the 60-day period when signatures for a recall are being collected According to a statement from the Government Accountability Board, the normal limitations will still apply to all contributions higher than the legal fees incurred in the recall and any other costs included in the defense or challenge of the order for a recall.

Once the signature period ends and an actual recall election is

called, the normal cap on fundraising limits is back in place. Any funds generated during the 60day period that do not go to paying legal fees or the other fees incurred during the petition effort can be used in the election campaign, donated to a charity or the common school fund, or returned to the individual contributor.

Heck said the loophole will open the floodgates for a candidate’s campaign fundraising effort as donors are able to

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Members of the University of Wisconsin marching band played fight songs to motivate the crowd for Saturday’s game during the Homecoming parade. The event, which featured student organizations and the spirit squad marching down State Street, was the capstone to a week of Bucky Badger’s 100 Greatest Hits celebration.

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give any amount of funds to support the campaign.

He said he would not be surprised if both sides combined raised some $50 million to fund their candidates.

Heck said a situation where a candidate is allowed to receive an uncapped contribution is rare at any level of government. He said the national attention garnered during last spring’s collective bargaining protests suggests both Walker and his undetermined

opponent stand to receive large contributions from national donors and special interest groups.

“This recall is uncharted territory,” Heck said. “We’ve never had a recall election statewide like this, and the national implications are huge.”

In an email to The Badger Herald, University of Wisconsin political science professor Barry Burden said while a candidate does need a

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UW halts policy on dual benefits University clarifies policy on when retired faculty can collect both salary and pension Seung Park News Reporter The University of Wisconsin is changing a faculty personnel policy after attracting criticism for allowing some employees to draw on both retirement benefits and regular salary simultaneously.

Darrell Bazzell, UW’s vice chancellor for administration, said the practice of drawing on a pension and salary from the state was only commonly used under extraneous circumstances at the university. Critics of the practice from around the state have dubbed the policy “double dipping.”

“There are a whole range of circumstances

under which employees [can collect both their salaries and benefits at the same time],” he said.

“Especially when faculty members no longer want to be involved with the full range of faculty responsibilities, such as service or teaching.”

He said the practice allows faculty members to resign from UW and then come back under a more limited role.

Bazzell cited the example of a professor holding a research grant with three years left as an individual who would want to return to the university in a more limited capacity.

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City could receive $28K less for Capitol protests Madison officials say proposal spells large reimbursement cut for officers at rallies Dan Niepow Deputy City Editor In the midst of what Madison officials are characterizing as a particularly tough budgetary year, the city could receive around $28,000 less than originally requested as

reimbursement for police costs incurred during the protests at the Capitol.

According to an email from Nicholas Zavos, the governmental relations officer for Mayor Paul Soglin, the city originally made a claim for $740,865 in reimbursements, but the Department of Administration budgeted for $712,833 instead — a difference amounting to $28,032.

Zavos said while the discrepancy will likely result in negotiations between state and city

officials, it remains unlikely the DOA officials will change their bid.

“It is probably safe to assume that we are in for another round of heated rhetoric and calls for Madison not to be paid,” he said.

According to Zavos, the DOA submitted their request to the Joint Finance Committee on Friday.

He also said following this submission, a 14day “passive” review will occur, in which city officials will weigh the proposal, and if JFC

decides not to object to any part of the claim, the funds for reimbursement will be approved on Nov. 4.

He said he believes there remains a substantial chance the committee will object to the city’s claim.

Once an objection is filed, the committee must convene to assess its next actions, a meeting Zavos said will likely not occur until some time in December.

Zavos also noted the majority of the disparity in the claims came from

expenses incurred by Madison Metro.

Soglin said the entire sum requested by the city was directly related to the protests surrounding the budget repair bill that consumed the downtown area in February.

He added the city will not take any action regarding the bid from DOA until further information is received.

“The final decision will be made both on what will be paid and what will not be paid sometime in early November,” Soglin

said. “We’re not going to do anything with this until we see the final recommendation.”

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, expressed optimism about the reimbursement request despite the figure coming in lower than originally expected.

The fact the city will be getting reimbursed at all was significant, he said.

Verveer, who serves on the Board of Estimates, also said it would not

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Woman seriously injured in annual Homecoming event Victim rushed to hospital after fall from parade float Katherine Krueger Deputy News Editor As students, alumni and Madison residents lined the sidewalks to watch the annual Homecoming parade, a woman participating in the event was rushed to the hospital after she fell from the second level of a float and was hit by a double axle trailer.

A report from the Madison Police Department said the

23-year-old woman was transported to the University of Wisconsin Hospital with serious injuries and officers are still investigating the incident.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said although the victim was in serious condition and suffered a severe fracture, medical professionals have reported she will likely make a full recovery.

He said the accident occurred on the 100 block of Langdon Street and the call for assistance was placed at 7:07 p.m., when the

parade was nearing its conclusion with only about 10 organizations’ floats remaining.

Although the incident occurred more than an hour after its 6:00 p.m. start time, Resnick said there were likely attendees of the event that witnessed the accident.

Resnick said the street was closed off for around three hours as medical personnel arrived and MPD officers worked to clear the scene. The owner of the trailer also arrived to tow the vehicle away.

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The political enthusiasm fostered by the summer recall elections may be recreated as organizers say they plan to target specific legislators as a part of the effort to recall the governor.

The recall campaign, led by Democrats, will include Republican legislators along with the governor, and is set to commence on Nov. 15, according to Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Graeme Zielinski.

Zielinski would not name any specific senators that are currently being considered for recall. “[I have] nothing

to report. We are still arriving at the decisions and they will be made based on the caucus [up to] the grassroots level,” Zielinski said.

Jay Heck, the executive director for the nonpartisan group Common Cause Wisconsin, said he believes almost anybody who was not targeted for recall in August is under consideration as a candidate for the upcoming recall election.

“Any senator can be recalled. The Republicans will recall the Democrats and the Democrats will recall the Republicans.

However, the most vulnerable, I think, are those senators who had won a close election … those who had won narrowly, by a small margin,” Heck said.

He added the calls to recall Walker are largely instigated by the collective bargaining provisions of the budget repair act that stripped many public employees of their collective bargaining rights.

“How much it’s going to cost the state and the taxpayers — I don’t know. But the more frightening [issue] is how much money will be spent by Walker. He has tremendous support in corporations; I’m sure he can raise millions of dollars,” Heck said.

University of Wisconsin political science professor Barry Burden agreed with Heck, saying while the original motivation for the recall of the governor stems from his effort to

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BENEFITS, from 1 However, as a result of recent attention drawn to the practice, UW issued a new policy to tackle the issue of “doubledipping”.

While the new university policy does not prohibit the practice, Bazzell said it would serve to clarify and outline the typical conditions expected by UW officials.

The new policy serves as a replacement for a similar set of guidelines issued in 1993 that, according to Bazzell, “didn’t do much of anything.”

According to the new policy on post-retirement employment, which went into effect on Oct. 5, “the hiring of a retired university employee is permitted only in specific circumstances,” and the dean or director of the university entity must approve all appointments in advance.

Bazzell said another

major tenet of the new policy rules employment extending for more than one year requires the approval of the vice chancellor for administration and that under the proper circumstances, it would be “perfectly acceptable” for a faculty member to return to campus.

Vince Sweeney, vice chancellor for university relations, said the policy change provides a more explicit set of guidelines in these unique personnel situations.

“The new policy developed [at UW] provides us with a clearer policy for us moving forward,” Sweeney said. “As we begin to implement some of the flexibilities that were outlined in the state budget bill for [the university], including a new personnel system, we felt that a clearer policy on rehired annuitants was warranted.”

The university currently employs approximately

450 employees as rehired annuitants who are not required to be faculty members, Sweeney said.

He added the policy would be a tool used by the university to address the unique personnel needs of these employees.

UW is not the only institution to practice this system, Sweeney said. Several other state agencies employ similar policies for drawing from pensions while continuing to collect a salary from the state.

Sweeney said this decision is driven by the employer based on an institution’s personnel needs.

Both Sweeney and Bazzell expressed their dissatisfaction at the usage of the term “double-dipping”.

“These people are people who have come back to work for the university,” Bazzell said.

“Using that term, ‘double dipping’, people might think that it’s somewhat charged.”

ACCIDENT, from 1 As a part of the police department’s ongoing investigation, he said officers will look to pinpoint the cause of the incident in hopes of improving safety measures at future events. “[The investigation] will hopefully help organizers create a more safe environment for parades and other

has remained closely divided on partisan issues during the last 12 years.

“It has always been 50/50.

Wisconsin has always been the state that manages to flip the outcome of elections including the presidential election. No one really knows how it will turn out,” Heck said.

Burden said recent polls have found more of the state’s citizens support the recall effort than those who oppose it.

While the outcome of an election would be widely dependent on the Democratic candidate, early polls indicate the public would support an unnamed Democrat over Walker in a recall election, he said.

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restrict the collective bargaining rights of public employees, an ongoing investigation may be further fueling the campaign. “[The restriction of collective bargaining rights] is still a central concern, but other reasons now include the substantial cuts to education and health care, as well as the ongoing ‘John Doe’ investigation of his staff.”

Burden said the parties would likely go after senators in districts where their records seem in contrast with the partisan preferences of their constituents.

Recall efforts, Heck said, have received surprising support from the public, but the state

People hoping to carry a concealed weapon will first have to complete a minimum of four hours of training, according to emergency rules announced by Gov. Scott Walker’s office Friday.

The emergency rules, proposed by Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, must be drafted so the law can take effect on its scheduled date, Walker spokesperson Cullen Werwie said. Emergency rules are used until more permanent rules can be established.

In a statement, Walker’s office expressed the need to “improve the permanent rules substantially.”

Werwie said some of the rules made by the Wisconsin Department of Justice do not account for individual responsibility.

“Specifically, one thing we would like is the omission of the four hour minimum training requirement,” Werwie said. “We feel it is an individual’s personal responsibility to decide the type of training they need.”

The concealed carry law states the DOJ must determine whether an individual has met statutory requirements before it can issue a permit, DOJ spokesperson Dana Brueck said in an email to The Badger Herald.

One requirement is proof of training, which the statute refers to as a “firearms safety or training course.”

The DOJ is responsible for implementing the concealed carry law, Brueck said.

“The DOJ did a great deal of research and talked to many different training organizations, including the [National Rifle Association], and other interests,” Brueck said in the email. Based on that research, the consensus of the training organizations was that a minimum of four

events downtown,” Resnick said.

He added while the use of alcohol before events is a general safety concern on campus, preliminary reports indicate alcohol did not play a role in the incident.

MPD Lt. Mary Ricksecker said the incident is atypical because it did not involve a collision and officers will investigate

hours of training was necessary to provide adequate education in firearm safety, Brueck said.

NRA spokesperson Andrew Arulanandam expressed concern over the four-hour training requirement, accusing the attorney general of trying a “one-size-fitsall” approach.

Arulanandam said other states have had success in the past with similar concealed carry laws without having to implement a training requirement.

“There might be some people that require more than four hours’ training, and for those people it’s not best to give them the impression that four hours would suffice,” he said. “It basically comes down to this: We trust people to do the right thing, and people have done the right things in states that have these laws.”

Arulanandam also said the DOJ and attorney general were overreaching their authority by “assuming the role of a legislator.”

He characterized these actions as “unprecedented” and said this pattern has not been seen in other states with laws on concealed carry.

“This is where the DOJ and attorney general as members of the executive branch of government are basically trying to legislate from their executive office, and that’s wrong,” Arulanandam said.

Brueck said the agency was aware of the NRA’s opposition.

She said the requirements made by the DOJ are well within their jurisdiction.

“We are aware of some of the criticism of the DOJ’s proposed emergency rules, but defining terms used by the Legislature is a regular and necessary part of rule-making, and that is what we did here,” Brueck said.

what lead up to the victim falling from the float.

“We don’t believe alcohol was a factor in the incident,” she said.

“Whenever someone is seriously injured, it’s always a possibility that citations will be issued.”

Members of the UW Homecoming parade planning committee declined to comment on the safety policies in place for the event.

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Feingold voices support for Occupy Wall Street Former U.S. senator says corporate role in politics ‘destroys’ citizens’ democracy Dan Niepow Deputy City Editor Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold visited campus Friday to express his support for the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, saying the “recklessness” of Wall Street executives has been detrimental in citizens’ lives.

Feingold distinguished himself from other Democrats who had not actively spoken in favor

of the movement, saying the moment was right for this movement to impact change on a national scale.

“I don’t just ‘understand’ the protest, as some of the Democrats are saying,” he said to a large crowd on the Memorial Union Terrace. “I’m not just pleased about the protest; I am excited about the protest. It is time we stood up.”

He highlighted the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which he called “the greatest crime of all,” as a reason for voicing his support. In this ruling, the high court determined the First Amendment protects

the rights of corporations and unions in contributing money to candidates’ campaigns.

He emphasized the need to overturn this decision, arguing it destroys citizens’ role in democracy.

“We have to expose the abuses at the national level that are supporting some of the worst policies possible,” he said.

Feingold also contested the accusations that the protestors are acting with no clear agenda.

He also urged attendees to join him in lending support for the movement both locally and nationally.

“They’re protesting because their lives have been ruined by

the recklessness of this country,” he said. “When you work this hard ... when you do everything right and you graduate and you can’t get a job because there’s too much greed in this country, someone has to stand up to that. And that’s what these protesters are doing.”

He spoke about the current joblessness in the country as well, citing the trend as another reason for discontent among protesters. He also discussed the extension of tax cuts for the wealthy.

Feingold also highlighted his previous efforts to hold Wall Street accountable, saying he voted against the Wall

Street bailout in 2008.

The event was hosted

by Young Progressives, an organization that works to “promote progressive ideals and activism among members of both the UW campus and the wider community,” according to the group’s website.

The Occupy Wall Street movement began on Sept.

29 and has been gaining momentum in cities across the U.S., including an occupation in Madison’s Reynolds Park. Last week, about 200 people gathered together for an Occupy Madison event hosted in solidarity with protesters in New York City.

Steve Hughes, president of the Young Progressives,

said Feingold was invited to campus for his ability to “bring diverse people together for a common cause.”

He also said the group firmly supports the Occupy Wall Street protests as well.

“If we continue to fight this, change will come,” he said. “This is the time that progressives truly need to unite, and no one understands that better than Russ Feingold.”

Hughes said Feingold was the reason why the Young Progressives organization exists today, calling him an “inspiration.”

He added the organization also plans to

CRIME in Brief BROOM STREET Extortion A man stole a 23-yearold Madison Area Technical College student’s phone and then used it to extort the victim’s mother on Wednesday, according to a Madison Police Department report.

The man called the victim’s mother and told her she’d need to pay at least $50 to get the phone back, MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said. The mother then called the victim’s roommate in an attempt to reach her son, DeSpain said.

The roommate arranged a meeting with the suspect in order to get the phone back, DeSpain said. Shortly after meeting, the roommate called 911. The two engaged in a

brief shoving match before police arrived, according to the report.

Officers were able to return the phone to its owner, DeSpain said.

DeSpain said he wasn’t sure if extortion charges had been filed against the suspect.

“We arrest people on tentative charges,” he said.

“For more serious charges, it’s up to the city attorney to make that decision.”

GAMMON ROAD Battery After attempting to steal an item from a salon, a 17-yearold woman attacked a 19-year-old who was working there on Wednesday, a MPD report said.

The younger woman hid

a package of “Lovely HEBA 100% Natural Hair” under her shirt, and when the employee made a move to reach it, the younger woman brought her to the ground, according to the report.

The younger woman then allegedly punched the victim repeatedly in the face after sitting on top of her.

The suspect ran away shortly after the victim successfully struggled out from underneath her. The clerk was able to provide a description for police, DeSpain said.

Police found the suspect at a Watts Road bus stop shortly afterwards, the report said.

“It appears that the suspect is someone who is a runaway out of Michigan, and she was a complete stranger to the clerk,” DeSpain said.

GAMMON ROAD Drug Investigation Madison Police arrested a man for suspected possession of heroin with intent to deliver early Saturday morning.

An officer noticed a disturbance in the area while patrolling. He heard shouting and saw two groups of men “facing off,” a MPD incident report said.

When the officer arrived, the men began to flee the area, DeSpain said. One of the men appeared to be carrying something suspicious in his shirt, and the officer told him to stop.

The man ended up throwing the object, which contained a brown powdery substance, the report said.

DeSpain said the substance was positively

identified to be heroin.

HAYES ROAD Overdose MPD responded to a suspected heroin overdose after a man was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday, a police report said.

The man was traveling in the backseat of a car with two other people. The report said a woman sitting near him noticed he was unconscious and the driver of the vehicle called the police for help.

The man said that he had stopped using heroin six months ago but he wanted to start using again because of personal problems, the report said. The two other occupants in the car were identified as former heroin

Engineering alumni net university career award Local, international impacts within field focus of UW honor Tara Hoffman News Reporter While many alumni from the University of Wisconsin engineering program have received a number of accolades in their field, recognition from their alma mater for distinguished achievements carries a special meaning.

The 64th annual Engineers’ Day Banquet presents the College of Engineering Distinguished Achievement Award and the Early Achievement Award to UW alumni who have utilized their engineering degree to provide substantial contributions to the field, honoring alumni whose success ranges from local to global impact.

Engineering School Assistant Dean of Alumni Brian Mattmiller said selecting the

nominations for each award was a difficult task when considering the thousands of success stories of alumni across the country and globe.

Between eight and 12 alumni are nominated every year, Mattmiller added.

Renee Meiller, spokesperson for the College of Engineering, said this year’s nominees represent a diverse range of success on a local and global scale, citing Michael Duckette from Brookfield, Wis., and Appu Kattan from Alexandria, Va., as some of the most distinguished honorees.

Duckette, she said, represented a positive impact in the field on a local level, as he played a major role in the creation of Miller Park’s and Lambeau Field’s reconstructions.

Kattan’s extensive work with system management, on the other hand, has resulted in his concepts and knowledge being received by engineers across the world, Meiller

said.

The majority of the nominees’ careers span 20 years or more of work experience, Meiller said, but this year ’s Early Achievement Award nominee Jenny Topinka’s career is half of the typical figure.

Within 10 years, Topinka has already achieved $200 million in research and development investment as well as engineering finances at General Electric, Meiller said.

She added although many nominees have received multiple awards and honors for their advances in each respective field, many consider the award from UW to be their highest honor. “[Many alumni] attribute their personal and professional success to their UW engineering education,” she said.

Mattmiller echoed the sentiment, saying receiving the award can be a particularly momentous achievement because it comes directly from their alma mater.

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“In the grand scheme of things we should be pleased that we most likely will be getting the vast majority of our costs reimbursed,” he said. “Our primary concern was that we be reimbursed for the substantial police overtime cost that we incurred during the demonstrations this year.”

In contrast to Zavos, Verveer said he believes JFC would not object to the reimbursement requests and that the committee would be understanding

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He said oftentimes the candidate who spends the most wins the election, but generally this is because he or she also possesses the more appealing qualities that serve to attract more donations and votes.

While Walker is unpopular with a large portion of Wisconsinites, he said the governor could be at a financial advantage because of the unlimited amount of money he can receive from individual donors.

“I’m sure Walker would rather not be [up

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concerning the additional expenses Wisconsin taxpayers would have to make up.

Ald. Lauren Cnare, District 3, a member of the Board of Estimates, said the city was justified in its requests and the time had come to “pay back municipalities the most significant costs.”

“We’ve already spent those dollars in security for the state Capitol and for the City of Madison,” Cnare said.

“There’s no reason our community should not be reimbursed.”

Since the city already spent the money, a decision to eliminate all funding would leave a significant hole in the budget, she added.

for recall],” he said. “But on the other hand, it’s an opportunity to raise money with no limit.”

Burden said the biggest concern surrounding recent elections has been the major influence of outside groups, which in the summer recall elections were large players in the campaigns, spending far more than the candidates but without disclosing their donors.

Due to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v.

Federal Election Commission, Heck said corporations and unions are not limited in the amount of money they give to political action committees.

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Rehabilitation best sentence Charles Godfrey Columnist According to an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last week, the city of Waukesha recently received a $350,000 grant to start a special court for nonviolent drug-dependent criminals.

The goal of this drug court is to combat the rise in abuse of opiates, including both heroin and prescription drugs. Over the next three years, it will serve 75 people who have not been convicted in criminal court but will be sentenced upon completion of their drug court program. Participation in a drug court usually promises a reduced sentence in criminal court.

District Attorney Brad Schimel explained the “program will have rigorous treatment and monitoring aspects to it.” It will also include intensive drug testing.

This initiative is in stark contrast with the standard American procedure for controlling drug-related nonviolent crime, also known as mass imprisonment. Since the beginning of the war on drugs in the ‘80s, the United States’ prison population has more than quadrupled, while the rate of violent crime has remained relatively constant. In that same period of time, the incarceration of drug offenders has increased by a factor of 10.

While a policy of imprisonment hasn’t put a dent in this nation’s illicit drug problem, it has created the problem of overflowing prisons. The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world, at 0.7 percent.

The cost of supporting such a massive prison system consumes serious taxpayer dollars, significantly hampering the already struggling economy. In addition, there are the societal costs of having so many nonviolent citizens behind bars.

Waukesha’s new drug court is a step in the right direction for drug policy. It is a program that intends to deal with drug-related crime through treatment and rehabilitation, rather than imprisonment.

Before dealing with criminal sentencing, it addresses the problem of drug dependency, and gives nonviolent

criminals the chance to overcome addiction. It is encouraging to see people in the criminal justice system who recognize that drug addiction is not a criminal offense, but rather a disease, and it is cured through treatment and rehabilitation, not years in prison. Unfortunately, not all responses to the drug epidemic have been so progressive.

Madison’s recent attempts to deal with drugrelated crime have been less than satisfactory. Business owners raised complaints about the sidewalk benches on State Street, saying they attracted homeless people and were a hot spot for drug deals. The State Street Project Design Oversight Committee approved the removal of these benches, but after receiving many complaints, Mayor Paul Soglin made the executive decision to replace them.

There is an ongoing discussion regarding the future of these controversial State Street benches.

Madison business owners and the Oversight Committee are missing the point. The pervasive problems of homelessness and drug dealing are as much a part of the State Street Madisonians know and love as sipping beer on a patio and spray-paint art. Although the homeless and drug dealers may sit on benches from time to time, removing these benches will bring zero solutions to two of the most serious societal dilemmas facing the United States today.

I’m glad Mayor Soglin realized the ridiculousness of such a proposal, which is comparable to blowing out a candle when the house is on fire. We need to be dealing with homelessness and drug dependency with homeless shelters, treatment and rehabilitation, not just removing the symptoms as they present themselves in front of Taco Bell on the 500 block of State Street.

Madison officials need look no further than Waukesha as an example of how to effectively deal with nonviolent drug-related crime. People who are dependent on illicit drugs don’t need prison time, and making them stand or walk rather than sit on benches on the State Street sidewalk won’t reform them. Intensive treatment programs, on the other hand, might make them productive members of our community.

Herald Editorial Profanely stupid At The Badger Herald, we like to use terms like “fuck” and “shit” liberally.

They are fun words that are perfect for many collegerelated situations, such as recounting a memorable night out or discovering a reporter will deadline by two hours.

So, as advocates of profanity, this board does not oppose the common “Eat shit! Fuck you!” chant common at Badger football games. After all, most of us are just 20-somethings no less likely to swear at Camp Randall than we would anywhere else.

However, Athletic Director Barry Alvarez and Head Coach Bret Bielema — both figures who demand significant respect and admiration in the Badger community — have asked the student section to end the chant because of the negative impact it has on the University of Wisconsin’s reputation.

Despite how many of us

participate in the chant, we believe the campus should heed their request.

Because of the UW football team’s recent national prominence, we as students must maintain an image consistent with the values of the program. The chant does not just affect our national reputation — it also discourages donors from giving to UW and UW Athletics.

Most importantly, we are not losing much by kicking our profane habits at football games. Traditions like Jump Around or even the a capella singing of tunes like “Build Me Up Buttercup” are infinitely more important to our student section than the chant. Defying the administration on such a trivial issue is counterproductive to our status as respected students.

To put it frankly, it is stupid.

UW will find a way to stop the chant. Because giving away two free bowl

tickets for every game there is no chanting has and will continue to fail, the university may pursue further action. If UW is committed to ending the chant, they could turn to taking away other lauded traditions like Jump Around or even the presence of Bucky Badger. Giving up a mostly meaningless chant would easily outweigh the disappointment of losing some of our favorite game day traditions.

Alvarez and Bielema wagging their fingers at the student body will not be enough to stop the chant, but if we continue, worse things will happen. Instead, we as students need to take it upon ourselves to discourage our fellow students from continuing it.

We cherish our football games and the name of our great university, and if you continue participating in the chant and tarnish our national reputation, well, fuck you.

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Emergency rules essential to implement concealed carry Jake Begun Editor-at-Large

Wisconsin is not a state naturally averse to guns.

Although a historically blue state, our penchant for progressivism doesn’t trump our love for firearms, be it deer season, turkey season, Christmas, what have you. It comes as little surprise, then, how relatively calmly Wisconsinites accepted legislation leaving Illinois the lone holdout to the nation’s recent love for packing heat.

I’m going to throw it out there that I’m a liberal: I’ve been called a “hippie

puke” on Badger Herald comment boards. But I am a firm supporter of the right to bear arms and our state’s recent concealed carry legislation. I believe one person’s sense of comfort should not count for more than another’s personal safety. But I’m also not some nut job advocating for anyone who can squeeze a trigger to be allowed to carry a gun.

Now, our concealed carry legislation may not be the most stringent in the nation. It is actually some of the least stringent, with a large variety of training available and no requisite hands-on time.

Surprisingly enough though, while outside groups are lobbying for even fewer restrictions, it’s Republican Attorney General and staunch concealed carry supporter J.B. Van Hollen holding

the line against looser qualifications.

Regardless of just how our legislation could be interpreted and what special interests may advocate, our state needs to exercise some degree of common sense and responsibility by treating every concealed carry license application, forgive the expression, as if it were loaded.

Gov. Scott Walker recently approved emergency rules requiring four hours of training before an applicant may receive a concealed carry license. The temporary rules are necessary due to the relatively short time between when the Department of Justice drew up the legislation’s wording and Nov. 1, when it goes into effect.

The idea is these rules can be approved for

now and more thorough permanent rules will be established sometime after.

As it currently stands, there are a variety of forms of training approved, ranging from hunter safety courses to stateand nationally-certified firearms instructor-led classes, but very little in the way of requisite time or range experience.

These rules give some structure for now; but some, namely the National Rifle Association‘s Institute for Legislative Action, are crying foul.

To reiterate, I support the Second Amendment; but today’s NRA — finally able to stop masturbating over the dog-eared, stucktogether pages of old John Birch Society pamphlets — is more of a buzzing gnat than the stoic defender of patriotic Americans it sees itself as.

The NRA-ILA laid out its claims of the DOJ deviating from the legislation’s wording and intent by working to establish the four hour requirement in a statement on its website.

“As part of the Executive Branch of state government, the DOJ’s role is to faithfully implement the laws adopted by the [L]egislature, not dramatically change them,” the statement said.

“If the Emergency Rules are allowed to become permanent, they will set a dangerous precedent that perverts our system of government and its principles associated with the separation of powers.”

The concealed carry legislation cannot go into effect Nov. 1 without these emergency rules, that’s just the way it stands. But this melodramatic, “democracy

is collapsing!” attitude isn’t going to benefit anyone.

A dangerous precedent perverting our system of government? Come on, what do you think this is, the Associated Students of Madison? (Cue crickets chirping.)

Van Hollen deserves to be applauded for doing what needed to be done to put this legislation into effect. But in all likelihood, the emergency rules are going to be suspended in favor of significantly altered permanent rules.

Both Van Hollen and Walker would be wise to maintain a reasonable degree of responsibility if we’re going to allow concealed firearms throughout our state.

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

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Gibson, Downey Jr. not deserving of fan sympathy Sarah Witman ArtsEtc. Editor This weekend, at the 25th annual American Cinematheque Award gala, Robert Downey, Jr. interrupted his own award reception to ask America’s collective forgiveness for his friend, Mel Gibson. Sound strange? Let’s look back at the bonding experiences the two have cherished together over the years.

Between 1996 and just after the millennium,

Downey was on a widelypublicized downward spiral due to his addiction to various illegal drugs (much like the character Julian Wells he played years earlier in “Less Than Zero”).

He blamed these problems on his addict father and bipolar disorder, but no one was able to help the despoiled actor until his acting friend Mel Gibson offered him food, a place to stay and a part in his mildly-unsuccessful movie “The Singing Detective.”

This could be a gently heartwarming tale, but in the end Downey is just another actor hopped up on too many drugs. And Gibson doesn’t have a spotless past himself.

He’s been accused

of everything from homophobia to racism and sexism, and the New York Times reported in 2006 that after he was arrested for drunken driving he complained to his arresting officer that “Jews” are the cause of all the world’s problems.

When one looks back at all the works for which Gibson is most known, it’s hard to see where Downey is coming from in his request. It seems unfair to even ask that we give him another chance when he offends just as much onscreen as in real life.

I won’t go into my spiritual beliefs here, but let’s just say I never intended to see Passion of the Christ, even before it

was criticized for having anti-Semitic undertones from multiple media outlets — mostly for portraying the Jews as blackmailers that forced Pontius Pilate to kill Jesus, a view that is unsupported by the Roman Catholic church. In any regard, I don’t think my 13-year-old self could have handled all the gore.

I imagine I would have liked it even less than his performance in “What Women Want,” a film which, in a traumatizing babysitting debacle, I was once made to watch three times in rapid succession.

In the end, both men have made poor decisions in their lives that led to waves of ill-will from the public. Thus, the fact that

they staged a televised appearance to promote an image of brotherly support and rehabilitation should not change much. The testimonial of Downey, an equally shady character, means nothing to me.

Downey has been fortunate in overcoming his substance abuse problems enough to make the “Iron Man” series, “The Soloist” and other recent films, but his televised plea to have the same turnaround for his friend is grasping at straws, at almost an arrogant level. It’s as if he has an expectation of viewers: that just because the two spotlight-lit men have supported each other through these lengthy, weird lapses in judgment,

former fans should support them now.

Although I have a soft spot for Mel Gibson’s portrayal of William Wallace in “Braveheart,” it’s ironic to me that it was his character who said, “You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom.”

It’s time for Hollywood players like Gibson and Downey to stop thinking that their audiences owe them forgiveness, love and adoration even when they screw up. To be a famous actor is to hold a powerful position in our society, but that power must be earned by good off-screen behavior.

Here’s ‘The Thing’: It’s completely boring and bad World”) is contacted by a Norwegian team in need of a paleontologist. A helicopter ride later, she’s in Antarctica, where, long story short, the Norwegians have discovered a massive spaceship and an alien Lin Weeks body buried in the ice.

ArtsEtc. Content Editor Unfortunately, it’s not dead, it can imitate human There’s no reason that form and it’s really, really a logical flaw should be hungry. Since there’s no central to an evaluation of a reliable way to tell whose movie about shape-shifting body has been taken over aliens in Antarctica. It’s and because the only a premise so absurd that way to kill the alien with stepping into the theater any certitude is to burn it signals a sort of implicit alive, there are a a lot of contract between viewer flamethrowers jammed in a and filmmakers to suspend lot of people’s faces. disbelief for an hour and Apparently, though, a half and just enjoy the the writers and van ride. Sit back and be scared; Heinjningen never quite that’s what decided should whether they happen. wanted a sciBut, in his What van fi movie, a remake of Heinjningen suspenseful 1982 horror probably intended thriller or an flick “The all-out gorefest, as a restrained Thing,” and they end up approach to director taking the worst Matthijs van camerawork parts of each.

Heinjningen The result is an renders the movie Jr. (in his boring pseudofeature film impotent. scientific action debut) so movie with thoroughly unconvincing messes up special effects. the pacing, action scenes What van Heinjningen and and general vibe that probably intended as a there’s excruciatingly restrained approach to ample amounts of time for camerawork renders the the mind to wander. And movie impotent. Time and it wanders to one question: time again the lens finds On a scientific research the least interesting thing base in the year 2011, even happening in a scene. in Antarctica, how the hell For instance, at one point is there no satellite phone? it’s revealed that one of “The Thing” opens with three characters who has extended shots of the vast boarded a helicopter is, Antarctic snowscape, but in fact, an alien. Rather quickly sets up the story to than show the interior of come. The main character the helicopter, there’s a and heroine, Kate Lloyd reaction shot of Lloyd as (Mary Elizabeth Winstead, she watches the chopper “Scott Pilgrim vs. The slowly, soundlessly spiral

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Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars in Norweigian director Matthijs van Heinjningen Jr.’s film about an alien discovered in Antarctica that can imitate other forms of life. to the ground miles away.

Similarly suspensedraining techniques are in place throughout, even as the titular “thing” grows and chases scientists around their complex.

Instead of allowing the alien to stalk its prey, van Heinjningen employs smash cuts to teeth on flesh. Instead of characters turning on each other and becoming their own worst enemies — because that’s where an intelligent script would have taken the concept, right? — there’s an interminably fraught makeshift dental exam because the extraterrestrial can’t replicate fillings.

Although that’s certainly not the only time the writing treads on uneven ground, the script actually does a decent job of sidestepping common genre pitfalls. Aside from that weirdly specific limitation on the space monster ’s powers, the writers avoid setting too many arbitrary rules for their already outrageous premise, which means the plot can unfold without seeming too obvious or too cute.

Likewise, for a movie that could so easily swing in to cult cheese territory, the dialogue is impressively realistic and

well-written throughout.

Dramatic irony virtually drips from characters’ lines in the early portion of the film, which is far more useful foreshadowing than the wandering camera shots of random Norwegian crewmembers.

In fact, it’s fair to say that had the writers not been saddled with such a one-dimensional concept (and, presumably, some measure of allegiance to the original film) their script could have made for an altogether watchable movie.

But it would need different directing and production. The flaws in

“The Thing” are such that by the time its namesake finally hits the screen, all emotional investment in the movie’s characters has long since dissipated. It’s by no means scary; rather, viewers should not be surprised to enter a state of prolonged incredulity.

Here’s a shape-shifting alien life form — an invention that could take literally any form — and that’s what they came up with? “The Thing” may be a horror movie, but that’s no reason not to laugh.

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Rappers Das Racist to light fuse at High Noon this week Sarcastic indie group to boast new album’s danceable sound at concert Wednesday Joseph Nistler ArtsEtc. Staff Writer You might know Das Racist as the guys who made “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” a couple of years ago, but as they’ll demonstrate Wednesday at the High Noon Saloon, these indie rappers are more than just “those guys.”

Music critics often talk about Das Racist’s lyrical critiques of consumerism, which they layer with pop culture references, selfpromotion and basically whatever comes to mind.

They are intelligent, often tongue-in-cheek rappers with a distinct underground style. With their first forsale album, Relax, the goal was fairly simple, according to MC Victor Vasquez.

“There’s more singing; Photo courtesy of Greedhead Records it’s more poppy, I guess,” Best known for its mixtapes, incessant cultural references and penchant for cheap hybrid Vasquez said. “We’re trying Italian-Mexican restaurants, Das Racist will perform at the High Noon Saloon Wednesday. to make them more like pop

songs — a little more Black Eyed Peas-y.”

It was hard to gauge how serious Victor was about the Black Eyed Peas comment, especially after he cited Pitbull as his only musical influence.

Underground rappers like Das Racist don’t typically jive with the big-time mainstream acts, but why not let the music speak for itself? Songs off Relax like “Booty in the Air,” “Celebration” and “Girl” definitely vibe with the dance-pop goal, complete with singing refrains by featured artists. At times, it seems the only thing missing is some heavy-duty stage choreography.

Actually, a little incorporation of their daily antics could bring the performance spectacle closer to par with, say, the Black Eyed Peas. When The Badger Herald caught Victor on the phone, he was riding with a load of pyrotechnics to New Orleans, their concert destination for the night.

“We’re gonna go to New Orleans to play a show and then probably shoot off some fireworks and drink

alcohol,” Vasquez said, his business side of things. recently started mind on the good times They ahead. “I don’t know, bars a record label called are open late over there, Greedhead, which released right? We might do that Relax. But other than that, Vasquez too.” didn’t have Much of much to Relax retains say about it: the monotone “We’re trying to make [our newer “Hima [fellow wordplay Das Racist verses and songs] more like MC] does, stream-ofpop songs — a you know, consciousness that side of flow they’ve little more Black things.” brought in Eyed Peas-y.”

So why the past. It’s Victor Vasquez with an eclectic Das Racist MC party Das Racist, collection Danny they achieved through collaboration Brown and Despot this with Detroit rapper Danny Wednesday? Their new Brown and El-P of indie- tracks are plenty danceable, rap label Definitive Jux and as Vasquez put it, (think Aesop Rock, Del tha “What else is there to do on Funkee Homosapien and that night in Madison?”

No word as to whether RJD2).

Vasquez said they they’ll make an appearance just had fun with the at State Street’s KFC/ collaborations and the Taco Bell mashup. But if recording process as a you hear any fireworks whole. They were even exploding, you can guess able to co-produce a few where they came from. tracks and pull some older Das Racist will appear at favorites into play on the 8:30 Wednesday at the High new record.

To complement that Noon Saloon. Tickets are $12 casual approach, Vasquez in advance or $14 at the door. mentioned that Das Racist Go to www.high-noon.com is getting serious on the for more information.

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ASO to the girl in college library whose music is blasting from her earbuds: How do you possibly function at such decibels? Do you realize that your headphones are so shitty that approximately 90% of the noise is escaping and flooding the silent room? Do you realize that some of us have procrastinated our homework and thus have months of accumulated work to produce today? And most importantly, do you realize how absurdly awful your taste in music is?! GO HOME. Save us all from the techno-pop dance party going on in your earbuds. And please, for the love of God, buy a better pair of earbuds.

Sports RECAP

Badgers fall in 2nd-straight overtime loss Wisconsin drops to 1-3-0, 0-2-0 WCHA after sweep at hands of Michigan Tech

(Madison, Wis.) converted his own rebound. Meuer, in the slot, took a feed from sophomore Gavin Hartzog (Pewaukee, Wis.).

Meuer then hit the post with a wrist shot, before knocking home his own HOUGHTON, Mich. rebound on the backhand.

-- Wisconsin (1-3-0, 0-2-0 Frosh forward Brad Navin WCHA) fought back from (Waupaca, Wis.) earned his 1-0 and 2-1 deficits to get first career point with the to its third overtime in four second assist. contests, but a Michigan The Huskies regained Tech (4-0-0, 2-0-0 WCHA) the lead with their second goal just 20 seconds into e power-play tally of the extra session handed the contest. Jacob Johnston Badgers a 3-2 defeat on whiffed on a redirection Saturday. attempt of a Blake Pietila The Badgers allowed shot, but the puck bounced the first goal of the game off his leg and past for the fourth time in four Rumpel for a 2-1 Tech lead. games The goal, this at 3:31 of season. the third The Badgers allowed the The period, Huskies first goal of the game for was also grabbed helped the lead the fourth time in four by at 9:02 of games this season.

Steven the first Seigo. period A fivewhen minute Tanner Kero scored with major power play a deflection of a point appeared to be a golden shot while on the power opportunity for UW to play. Daniel Sova took the even the game, but the original shot, while Riley Badgers failed to generate Sweeney got the second much in the way of assist. chances. Then an apparent Michigan Tech nearly tying goal by junior made it 2-0 early in defenseman Justin Schultz the second period, (West Kelowna, British getting a puck into the Columbia) was disallowed net behind Wisconsin when a Badger interfered freshman goaltender Joel with MTU netminder Josh Rumpel (Swift Current, Robinson at the top of the Saskatchewan), but the crease. goal was waived off when The Badgers finally officials ruled an MTU got back even at 17:53 player skated into the when sophomore forward goaltender before the puck Tyler Barnes (Eagan, crossed over the line.

Minn.) knocked home The Badgers evened the a centering pass by score at 9:49 of the second sophomore forward Mark stanza when sophomore Zengerle (Rochester, N.Y.). forward Keegan Meuer Zengerle skated wide

ROLLS, from 12 finally get one caught without traffic. Abby did a nice job doing that.”

“He’s just got a little bit of a knack to see the big field. He’s got

“I think that was a great statement. That was the first touchdown on defense that we had all year and [co-defensive coordinator Chris] Ash was definitely excited about that, but we still have a long way to go.”

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tremendous vision and I think he gets a little bit of the benefit of people don’t think that a white guy can run … all of sudden he’s behind everybody,” he added.

To Abbrederis, the

return simply boiled down to a strong team effort.

“Our punt return team is doing a really good job setting that wall,” Abbrederis said. “I didn’t really have to do much until about the 15-yard line when the punter was there. Credit to the punt return team and all the blocks that they made because without them, it wouldn’t have been possible. I was able to make a couple moves and get into the endzone.”

Just when the onslaught seemed to come to an end as UW put in its secondstringers for the fourth quarter, the defense got in on the fun.

Nortman, on his fifth punt of the game, backed IU up on its own one-yard line with the help of cornerback Antonio Fenelus. On second and nine from the two, Wisconsin forced a fumble and freshman linebacker Derek Landisch landed on the ball in the endzone for a touchdown.

“I think that was a great statement,” Fenelus said. “That was the first touchdown on defense that we had all year and [co-defensive coordinator Chris] Ash was definitely excited about that, but we still have a long way to go.”

Megan McCormick The Badger Herald file photo

Freshman goaltender Joel Rumpel allowed three goals Saturday night as Wisconsin fell 3-2 to Minnesota. The Badgers are now off to a 1-3-0, 0-2-0 start. around a Michigan Tech defenseman to get room to make the pass.

The goal got the Badgers to their third overtime in the four-game old 201112 season, and the game ended in familiar fashion.

For the second consecutive night, MTU got the

winner. Twenty seconds into overtime, Rumpel swiped his stick in attempt to knock the puck from Brett Olson coming out from behind the net.

Instead, Olson avoided the check and beat a compromised Rumpel for the game-winner.

The Badgers finished 0-for-5 on the power play and killed one of three Michigan Tech power plays.

Rumpel absorbed the loss and fell to 1-1-0 with his 25-save effort. MTU’s Robinson improved to 3-0-0 with 21 saves on the

night.

The Badgers return home to the Kohl Center next weekend for a twogame series against North Dakota. Wisconsin and UND meet Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. each evening.

—UWBadgers.com

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UW takes missed chance at NCAA record in stride UM blocks 28 of 67 shots to again give UW 1st loss of 2011 season Kelly Erickson Associate Sports Editor After Wisconsin upset the previously undefeated, No. 1 Ohio State men’s basketball team last February, the Kohl Center was momentarily known as a place where streaks went to die.

Unfortunately, that still rang true for Wisconsin’s women’s hockey team Sunday afternoon. In a 3-2 loss, UW’s unbeaten streak — tied for the NCAA record at 32 and started last Thanksgiving — ended as Minnesota handed Wisconsin its first loss for the second consecutive season.

“It sucks to lose any time, but especially in your own building when a team comes in and hands you a loss,” junior defenseman Stef McKeough said. “We competed and we have lot of young players.

We’ve still got to get it all together. It’s still early in the season, I don’t think anyone’s nervous or getting scared about it or anything, but it’s a lesson. It does sting.”

The Badgers ultimately split the series with a 3-2 win Friday night.

Head coach Mark Johnson noted the importance of the streak,

STREAK, from 12 they were going to push us and be very aggressive, and we didn’t react very well.”

Despite the slow start, the Badgers did settle down and generate a comeback. But Minnesota’s defense gave little opportunity to score. With 28 blocks in Sunday’s game and five successful penalty kills, Wisconsin came up short.

“We have a lot of young players; we still have to get it all together,” junior defenseman Stefanie McKeough said. “It’s early in the season, so I don’t think anyone is nervous or getting scared about it.

They were blocking a lot of our shots. We just needed to find a way to beat their penalty kill, and we get to play them again later in the season.”

Friday night was a different story for the Badgers, as they came out strong from the beginning by scoring three goals in the first period. Freshman

WEAPONS, from 12 only catch of the day.

Bielema was glad to see Ball get those kinds of numbers after blowouts earlier in the season caused him to call it a day earlier than usual, which kept his rushing yards in check.

“Montee took it in stride,” Bielema said of Ball, whose impressive season has been somewhat overshadowed by Wilson’s.

“We just haven’t been able to build up Montee’s and [running back James White’s] numbers cause we were playing so well.

Those non-conference games, they just didn’t get a lot of yardage out there.”

Where Ball’s numbers

but didn’t dwell on it too long or make it mean more to the team than it should.

“Well yeah, it’s a record for reasons, I guess, “ Johnson said.

“Not many people are going to get a chance to do it. You’re certainly proud of it, but I don’t think as coaches we get wrapped up in it. It’s just a process. We talk about this journey of taking a group of kids in the middle of September and trying to build a team.”

In both games, the losing teams had a slow start and eventually needed to adjust to the pace of the game.

For the Gophers, those adjustments didn’t come until midway through the third period Friday, when they scored their second goal. On Sunday, the Badgers made adjustments quickly, but couldn’t keep control of the pace of the game.

“I thought we had great momentum, we just had a defensive breakdown,” senior forward Brooke Ammerman said. “They scored on it and it’s something we have to learn from. We had all this energy, but we also still have to work on our defensive zone.”

“We definitely played into their game plan,” McKeough said.

In the loss, UW was outshot on goal, 3027, and struggled to even create scoring opportunities as UM’s defense blocked 28 of

the 67 total shots the Badgers attempted.

“Yeah, 28 blocked shots; they had big bodies back there and obviously they were positioning themselves well,” Johnson said. “We weren’t shooting to get the puck by. Give them credit, to win a game, those are the little things coaches like to see. Faceoffs, blocked shots, managing the puck.

They did a pretty good job, obviously.”

The MinnesotaWisconsin series is always a physical one, and this weekend was no different. The Badgers had eight power play opportunities — four in each game — but failed to capitalize on a single one.

While they only gave up one goal in their seven penalty kills, the Badgers still need to strengthen their special teams, something Johnson repeatedly emphasized last season.

“You look at each one and each of them were very different,” Johnson said of the power play chances. “Some of them weren’t very good and some of them were real good. You’re looking for opportunities, and I thought in the second period we had a couple of opportunities.

If you don’t score on it, you’re looking to create energy and I thought in the second period, the power play, although it didn’t score, gave us some energy to build off of.”

forward Katy Josephs scored the first goal at the 2:30 mark. Two of the goals came from senior forward and assistant captain Carolyne Prevost. The first goal came off a shot from inside the slot at 3:58 in the first period, and the

latter goal from a similar shot inside the right circle that gave the Badgers a 3-0 early lead.

“I’m just trying to put the puck on the net, and usually good things happen from that,” Prevost said. “I thought we had a great first shift, and I

think we built off that momentum through that whole first period.”

Minnesota did fight back and managed to put two goals away. The first came in the second period at 11:11 on a wraparound shot by senior defenseman Anne Schleper that UW goalie Alex Rigsby could not adjust to, and the latter was provided by sophomore forward Kelly Terry at 8:23 in the third period.

Nevertheless, the Badgers held onto their lead in a physical battle with their blood rivals to allow them to emerge victorious.

“What we talked about between the second and the third period is an opportunity [to] do the little things that are necessary to win a hockey game in the next 20 minutes,” Johnson said after Friday’s game. “Early in the season, it’s nice to see we are able to have a victory. We have points in the bank, and they can’t take them away from us.”

have not been kept in check this year is in his touchdowns. Ball had already scored a total of 14 touchdowns by the time Indiana came to visit and when Wisconsin neared the end zone, they made sure they didn’t forget about him.

But that just left Pedersen wide open in the end zone.

“I was a little surprised there,” Pedersen said of how he snuck past the defense in the second quarter and grabbed a 3-yard touchdown pass from Wilson. “I’m sure [the safety] was expecting run and I just had to get behind the defense and make a nice play.”

On the play, Wilson took the snap out of the shotgun and ran to

his left along with Ball.

Four defenders were in the area and three ran towards — or were looking — at Wilson and Ball, while the fourth defender trailed Abbrederis.

Pedersen just ran right past them and made the catch.

“So much emphasis gets put on stopping Montee and stopping James, but I’m sure the defense is thinking, ‘Okay, they’re on the 3-yard line, they’re going to pound it in here,’” Pedersen said. “So I’m sure that contributed.”ing waves across China that will only help raise the visibility of UW in the country, a goal of Martin’s when she visited China in March.

“It’s nice to see we are able to have a victory. We have points in the bank, and they can’t take them away from us.”

Mark Johnson Head Coach

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Thoughts from Saturday, plus a stance on ES-FU Mike Fiammetta Mike’d Up Another Saturday, another Badgers blowout.

What are we even supposed to say anymore?

As expected, Wisconsin faced barely any challenge in dispatching Indiana.

A once-again-efficient Russell Wilson (12-for-17, 166 yards, one touchdown) and a once-again-dominant rushing attack (332 yards, four touchdowns, 7.9 yards per carry) pushed the Badgers to 6-0 and kept the good times rolling into next week’s crucial road test at Michigan State.

Sure, the 59-7 victory fell short of last year’s 83-20 trouncing of the Hoosiers, and third-string quarterback Nate Tice didn’t get a chance to replicate his wonderful 17-yard touchdown on a naked bootleg (heck, he didn’t even get in the game this time).

But outside of allowing Indiana to run for 223 yards, Wisconsin did everything possible to maintain their profile in the national title picture — at this point, the Badgers’ standing in the Big Ten is essentially a moot point.

UW remains No. 4 in the AP Top 25, USA Today Coaches’ Poll and the Harris Poll, all of course boding well for the team’s No. 6 ranking in the first BCS Standings released Sunday night.

One alarming piece of news did present itself prior to kickoff Saturday, as the Badgers announced top wide receiver Nick Toon would not play after injuring his left foot two weeks prior against Nebraska. Toon had offseason surgery to repair a stress fracture in that same foot and consequently missed all of spring camp and much of fall camp. However, head coach Bret Bielema said after the game Saturday that, prior to kickoff, there was a chance of Toon playing, and that he should be back in practice by Tuesday.

Offense’s trickeration causes some consternation As scintillating as Montee Ball and James White were Saturday — we’re used to that anyway, right? — the principal highlight of the game belonged to Wilson.

On the first drive of the second quarter, Wisconsin took five plays to reach Indiana’s 25-yard line. On 2nd-and-6, the Badgers lined up with Ball as the lone running back behind Wilson, one receiver split out left and three bunched to the right. Wilson turned

and pitched the football to Ball, who went right with it before stopping at the right hashmark and unfurling a high-arching lob to Wilson, who had streaked down the left side of the field completely unnoticed by the Hoosiers. Wilson comfortably ran under the ball, caught it and scampered to the endzone for one of the easiest touchdowns on a trick play you’ll ever see.

“That was actually probably Montee’s worst throw since we’ve been running that play,” Bielema said. “I said, just get it in the area. Russell’s a pretty good athlete, he’ll come down with it. Montee was actually running that pretty clearly; he got the jitters.”

Bielema also praised Wilson’s play-action ability, which he has already earned significant attention for through six games. The ball fake sold the play and had most of Indiana’s defense crashing to the right to stop the run — right in the face of Wisconsin’s blockers, most of which pushed right to allow Ball time to throw.

But of course, not everyone could enjoy it.

At least one reporter and several critics on Twitter questioned Bielema after the game about the need to throw out the trick play against a Hoosiers squad that was so clearly overmatched, with very little shot at making the game competitive.

Naturally, Bielema defended the play call afterward. But aren’t those criticisms somewhat silly?

If offensive coordinator Paul Chryst could draw that one up, isn’t it fair to say he could do it again when needed against, say, Michigan State or Illinois?

Also, for all the Badger fans desperately lobbying for Wilson as the current Heisman Trophy favorite — certainly a legitimate argument — the call to allow him to catch a pass almost certainly was a bit of tit-for-tat gamesmanship after seeing Stanford’s Andrew Luck make a spectacular one-handed catch against UCLA two weeks earlier.

In the past few weeks, we’ve seen the university’s “RussellManiaXVI” Twitter campaign for Wilson skyrocket to nearly 3,800 followers, indicating a clear desire to push its quarterback’s candidacy as far as possible. Of course, having Wilson bring the first Heisman Trophy to Madison since Ron Dayne’s in 1999 bodes very well for Wisconsin and its much-stated desire to turn the corner into consistent national prominence. But let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves here.

Student Section to Barry & Bret: Nice try!

I’ve heard this week’s mini-controversy (can we even call it that?) regarding

the popular “Eat shit! Fuck you!” student section chant pops up every few years, typically to a brief bit of fanfare and little result.

Who knows what will happen this time around, but already, the university’s efforts have been foiled.

After sending an email Thursday to all student season-ticket holders entitled “A Request For UW Student Season Ticket Holders” that asked the student section to refrain from the vulgar ES-FU chant, the athletic department sent a “FollowUp to UW Student Season Ticket Holders” the next day that promised a reward for refraining form the vulgarities. For every game the chant isn’t heard from the time gates open through the end of 5th Quarter, two students will be randomly selected to win transportation, three nights lodging and game tickets to whatever bowl game UW ends up playing in.

Sounds like a sweet deal to me … but what do I know? I was in the student section Saturday, and I’d say I heard the chant at least two or three times.

Now I’m certainly no “Save The Children!” advocate against profanity or anything like that, but each time hearing the chant was progressively disheartening. Trust me, I understand the rowdy appeal of everything the student section does. In my mind, it’s the most kickass student section in the nation. For real.

But don’t we want everyone else in the country to recognize that, and agree? For first-time visitors (and yes, many family-oriented ones, as well) witnessing some 15,000 students bellowing that kind of nastiness at each of other is absolutely a reputation-defining occurrence. The other knocks against the chant — it’s completely devoid of creativity, it forces fans to stop watching the game, etc. — are well known and perhaps tired, but they’re true.

Furthermore (and this was most discouraging to me Saturday) if the Athletic Department asks us to stop, why can’t we? Doing the chant anyway is a far cry from and a lame attempt at any sort of protest, and let’s be real — taking the chant away will hardly impact the game day atmosphere.

Any subsequent “outrage” you might feel?

Tell me if it’s still there after they play “Build Me Up Buttercup, “Sweet Caroline,” or after “Jump Around.”

Mike is a senior majoring in journalism. Want to share your thoughts on Saturday’s game, or the ES-FU chant?

Let Mike know on Twitter @ mikefiammetta and be sure to follow @BHeraldSports for all the latest Badgers news.

Zhao Lim The Badger Herald

Sports content editor/quarterback Elliot Hughes reduced the Dirty Bird defense to tears after throwing three touchdowns.

Herald to Cardinal: ‘Bow down, I am your master’ UW’s independent student newspaper clowns around on way to gridiron win Carl Golden Everybody’s Friend While its rule over the journalism world remains as unquestioned as ever since its birth in 1969, The Badger Herald reaffirmed its supremacy on the football field Friday for the second year in a row.

Quarterback Elliot Hughes picked apart the hapless Dirty Bird defense with three touchdown passes in the 19-13 victory, while the Herald defensive line of Peter Hoeschele, Michael Bleach and Carolyn Briggs consistently mugged Daily Cardinal signal-caller Parker Gabriel and the rest of his inept offense.

With an efficient offense that would arouse any engineer and a crafty defense that would earn kudos from Sun Tzu, the Gentle Clowns were hardly surprised by Friday’s win.

“One does not simply walk into a football game against the Gentle Clowns and win,” offensive tackle/head coach Mike Fiammetta said, building up the inner “Lord of the Rings” fan within him. “There is greatness here that does not sleep. Not with 10,000 men could you do this. It is folly.”

The Gentle Clowns’ mettle was tested early after falling behind 6-0 on a deep pass into the endzone. But rather than just fold, the Herald offense simply shrugged its shoulders and went to fucking town on the Cardinal.

The Gentle Clowns rattled off two touchdowns within the final minutes of

the first half to take a 13-6 lead at the break.

Hughes’ catalogue of options at wide receiver showed off their ability and even made Aaron Rodgers jealous, as Eric Wiegmann outleaped and out-muscled Cardinal defenders for the Herald’s first score.

After the defense quickly smacked around the Cardinal offense for four plays, the Gentle Clowns took back possession.

Moments later, the Herald offensive line carved a nice pocket for Hughes to step in and heave the ball downfield to Max Henson.

Despite a Dirty Bird defender getting a hand on the pass, Henson pulled off an astounding acrobatic touchdown catch that inspired NFLgreat Randy Moss to end his retirement and once again seek employment in the pros.

“Dear Max,” Moss’ letter began.

“Your exploits on the field Friday have exposed the error in my ways. Never before have I seen a man make such a fool out of someone morally and physically as you did.

You have aroused an appetite within me, and I dedicate the remainder of my career to you.”

In the Gentle Clowns’ first possession of the second half, the offense moved down the field with such ease that Hughes actually took time to stop and do the YMCA with legendary former head coach Adam Holt as he stood on the sidelines.

That didn’t interrupt the Gentle Clowns’ flow, though, as Wiegmann snagged another touchdown reception minutes later in the corner of the endzone to take a 19-6 lead.

“That play came to me in a dream, actually,” said editor-in-chief Signe Brewster, who

recommended it to offensive coordinator Ian McCue. “I think Ian was skeptical of it at first, but after he saw me drink their EIC, Kayla Johnson, under the table, he knew I could do no wrong when it comes to competing against the Cardinal.”

From there, other than allowing one more score, the Gentle Clown defense continued to roughhouse the Dirty Birds and close out the day with a 19-13 win.

On a last-minute drive to tie up the game, Cardinal quarterback Parker Gabriel led the offense into Herald territory but ultimately could not dissect the secondary and keep the Dirty Birds alive.

The Gentle Clowns took over, and, in a true Rudy moment, Ryan Rainey stepped onto the field for a play that won him the game ball.

Like a true champion would, Rainey took the decisive knee that flatlined the Cardinal’s heart monitor.

“There’s nothing like putting the cherry on top,” Rainey said. “To just sit back with a smile on your face and deliver the final blow to some fools who think they can actually compete, it’s a great feeling.”

Unfortunately, the subsequent scene turned ugly fast. Defender Sam Sussman rushed past the Herald offensive line and knocked Rainey to the ground, whose knee had already touched down and ended the game.

“I just can’t stand it, man,” Sussman said later. “The Badger Herald beats us all the time in journalism, drinking and sports. It’s just really hard for all of us to work at the Daily Cardinal when you constantly lose. I think I can speak for us all when I say that we wish we could be that good.”

UW stays unbeaten in Big Ten after shutting out MSU 1-0 win vs. Michigan State puts Wisconsin alone in 1st place of conference standings Nick Daniels Men’s Soccer Writer Continuing their impressive unbeaten run in Big Ten play, the Wisconsin men’s soccer team defeated Michigan State 1-0 in a hard fought victory Sunday at the McClimon Complex on a windy, fall day in front of a crowd of more than 600 fans.

The shutout victory solidifies Wisconsin’s (74-2, 3-0-0 Big Ten) hold on first place in the Big Ten. No other team in the Big

Ten has won all three of its games, and only Wisconsin and Northwestern (20-1) remain unbeaten thus far.

Michigan State, meanwhile, fell to 4-7-2 and 1-2-1 in the conference.

The game was dictated by windy conditions that affected the flight of the ball throughout the game and made it difficult for either team to have a meaningful possession.

As a result, for much of the first half, defenses prevailed as both teams combined for a total of only eight shots.

The lone goal of the game, which came in the 33rd minute, developed from a breakaway give-and-go by senior Josh Thiermann and sophomore Chris Prince at

the top of the penalty area that set Prince free behind the defense. After having the initial shot deflected by the goalkeeper, Prince ultimately found the back of the net on the rebound attempt and slotted it across the goal line.

“I was just sitting on the outside, and I saw [Thiermann] come in and get the ball,” Prince said.

“You know, Josh and I have worked on some of this combination stuff, and so we are getting pretty good at it and understanding each other.

He just toe-poked it to me, I tried to chip the goalie, it hit off his foot and then I put it in from there.”

Entering the second half, the Badgers seemed content to sit back and defend their lead,

especially with the wind making it difficult for their defense to clear the ball out of their own half of the field.

“Getting that goal early helped our confidence in the back. … We were able to settle down a little bit and stay composed,” sophomore defender Paul Yonga said. “I mean, we had to make them work.

We were the ones with the lead, so we [knew] that we had them chasing the game in the second half.”

Increased possession in the second half by the Spartans led to one of their best opportunities of the game in the 71st minute.

After an interesting call by the official against sophomore goalkeeper Max Jentsch, Michigan State received an indirect

free kick in the penalty area that deflected off of the defense and out of harms way.

Growing frustration near the end of the game from Michigan State led to two red cards for the Spartans, one of which went to standout senior forward Rubin Bega. The remaining 10 minutes of the game resulted in relentless attack from the remaining 10 Michigan State players as they desperately tried to level the score, forcing Jentsch to make some key saves to preserve the slim lead.

“When you’re at 10 men and you’re losing, there’s that feeling of ‘Oh my god, let’s kick it in front of goal,’ and there were some scary moments,” head coach John Trask said.

“But I thought, overall, it was very well played by the team.”

Looking ahead to their remaining three Big Ten games, the Badgers enter a three game road trip confident in their ability to win close games.

Their confidence will be tested as they face their next Big Ten opponent at Northwestern Sunday, a game that could be a deciding factor in crowning the 2011 Big Ten champion.

“We are 3-0 in the Big Ten now. We have had a confident start, so I think we’re looking good,” Yonga said. “We are looking to stay composed, not be too over confident, but I think we are pretty confident right now that we could beat anyone.”

Sports Editor Mike Fiammetta sports@badgerherald.com

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Once again, Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson was masterfully efficient Sunday. Wilson completed 12 of 17 passes for 166 yards, one touchdown and zero interceptions. He also caught a touchdown pass early in the second quarter.

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Wilson debuts as receiver, UW rolls Badger offense uses trick plays, complete dominance to run Hoosiers out of town Kelly Erickson Associate Sports Editor It may not have been 83 points like last year, but no one can complain about 59.

The Wisconsin football team continued to dominate as its offense, defense and special teams all scored in a 59-7 win over Indiana Saturday at

Camp Randall Stadium, moving to 6-0 in the process.

With a 52-point margin of victory, Wisconsin gained a total of 524 yards — 192 through the air, 332 on the ground — and forced two interceptions.

Quarterback Russell Wilson continued to strengthen his Heisman campaign, throwing 1217 for 166 yards and one touchdown. He had two scrambles for 42 yards and even received a touchdown pass from running back Montee Ball.

At the beginning of

the second quarter the Badgers were steadily moving down the field.

On 2nd-and-6 from the Indiana 25-yard line, Wilson pitched the ball out to Ball, who, instead of attempting to run in to the endzone, watched Wilson roll down the field by the Indiana sideline and lobbed it up to the transfer quarterback, who waltzed it in for a touchdown.

The offense had practiced the schoolyard play in practice, and according to head coach Bret Bielema, Ball’s pass was the worst of the

week.

“It’s true, it was terrible,” Ball said. “He was wide open and I was nervous. I was nervous when I let the ball go, but he did a great job tracking it down. I knew it was going to work, but I just know I have terrible form.”

Ball also had a big day, taking the majority of the carries for UW. With 14 carries, he picked up a net total of 142 yards and three touchdowns on the ground and one passing.

Both Wilson and Ball have now scored touchdowns passing,

receiving and running this season.

“He’s got great athletic ability, obviously you’ve seen that,” wide receiver Jared Abbrederis said of Wilson. “He can throw it, run it, catch it. He’s a good player.”

With wide receiver Nick Toon sitting out due to a foot injury sustained against Nebraska, Abbrederis stepped into the leading role in the passing game.

While he finished the game with a 39-yard completion and three more receptions for a total of 63 yards, Abbrederis’

came early in the second quarter when one of the least suspected players on the Badger offense — given the situation — snuck past the Hoosier defense to deliver another blow.

Running back Montee Ball took a sweep from quarterback Russell Wilson, and as 10 members of the offense flooded right, the defense followed suit, leaving Wilson all by his lonesome downfield.

“I knew I was going to catch it,” Wilson said. “I was hoping Montee would make a great throw like

he’s been doing during the week. We were 10 for 10 during the week on it, so I knew it was going to be a touchdown.”

Today, however, Wilson didn’t quite get the “great throw” he was looking for, joking that it was probably the worst pass Ball had thrown all week. Nevertheless, he still tracked down the ball and scored the 25yard touchdown, his first touchdown reception and Ball’s first touchdown pass.

Several members of the team joked about Ball’s bad pass after the game,

from head coach Bret Bielema to Ball himself, who said he became nervous when the play was called.

“Terrible, terrible form,” Ball said. “It looked like a duck up there, but Russell did a good job tracking it down and catching it.”

Calling it a “duck” was a common way of describing the pass amongst team members, and for tight end Jacob Pedersen, a native of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, seeing Ball’s throw made him feel like he was back at home hunting.

“I was kind of giving Montee a little crap,” Pedersen said. “I felt like I was in the UP in my duck blind.”

But despite the bad throw, the play succeeded mainly because of the ruse. And on Saturday, Wisconsin didn’t always need smoke and mirrors to force the defense to overlook one of the Badgers’ weapons.

With 5:32 remaining in the first quarter, Wisconsin came to the line of scrimmage in a shotgun, five-receiver set, with Ball and wide receiver Jared Abbrederis to Wilson’s

biggest play of the game was a punt return.

Abbrederis had a punt return for a touchdown earlier this season that was called back due to a penalty, but this time his unit gave him a clean chance as he weaved his way into the endzone for the Badgers’ sixth touchdown of the game.

“I’ve really wanted to get [Jared Abbrederis] to return,” Bielema said.

“He’s pretty special. …

We thought that that big field return was going to be there if we could

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Indiana defense fails to cover Wisconsin’s weapons, keep pace with Big Ten’s elite Elliot Hughes Sports Content Editor Considering its arsenal of weapons, sometimes it’s pretty hard to keep track of everybody on the Wisconsin football team’s offense.

In Saturday’s 59-7 victory over Indiana at Camp Randall Stadium, the most obvious example

right. As Wilson took the snap, Abbrederis tore upfield, taking his defender with him while Ball ran a simple five-yard out.

Wilson found Ball uncovered, who then streaked down the sideline for a gain of 46 yards, which set him up for the game’s first touchdown on the next play.

Ball finished the day with 143 yards on 14 carries, three rushing touchdowns and the 25yard touchdown pass. His 46-yard reception was his

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Badgers stopped short of NCAA-record win streak After 32 consecutive wins, Wisconsin falls to Minnesota, 3-2, to snap historic string Kelly Erickson Associate Sports Editor All the good things eventually came to an end Sunday, as the Wisconsin women’s hockey team ended its 32-game unbeaten streak in a 3-2 loss to Minnesota at the Kohl Center.

The fierce rivalry against the Gophers (5-1-0) remained strong from the teams’ last meeting in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association final face-off last season. The Badgers (5-1-0) fought hard but could not keep up with their border foe Sunday afternoon, despite winning Friday night, 3-2. Saturday’s loss was Wisconsin’s first since Nov. 28, 2010.

“It’s no fun to lose; we’re not in the business of losing,” head coach Mark Johnson said. “We had the opportunity to win, and that’s all you can ask for.

Unfortunately, we came up a little bit short in [Sunday’s] game.”

After falling behind 2-0 in the second period, the Badgers fought back to tie the game. Both goals were scored by senior forward and assistant captain Brooke Ammerman.

Just 1:11 after the Gophers’ second goal in the second period, Ammerman found the back of the net, chipping the puck in from the right side.

In the third period, Ammerman again got one in from inside the slot at 2:40, making the score even at two. However, Wisconsin could not hold onto the momentum as Gopher forward Amanda Kessel put the puck past UW goalie Alex Rigsby to seal the Badgers’ fate.

“I thought we had great momentum. We just had a defensive breakdown and they scored on it,” Ammerman said. “It’s something to learn from.”

The ultimate demise of the Badgers came from the lack of energy they displayed on the ice in the first half of the first period, being outshot 11-2. They struggled to connect and stay composed on the ice, giving way to Minnesota’s first goal.

Gophers’ junior defenseman Megan Bozek scored on a shot that sailed past Rigsby at the 11:20 mark in the first period. Freshman forward Meghan Lorence gave the Gophers a two-goal lead at 5:18 in the second period.

“The first eight, 10, 12 minutes, it didn’t look like we were going to show up,” Johnson said. “I talked about it before the game that they were going to come out and

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Noah Willman The Badger Herald

Wisconsin goalkeeper Alex Rigsby allowed three goals to Minnesota Sunday, halting the Badgers’ win streak at 32.